if the last column of a tabulate table is a paragraph, an extra blank line is added at the top, making the last column not align. adding data in the last (non) paragraph column, will make them top align correctly. 8<--- \starttext \starttabulate[|p|p|p|l|][width=\textwidth, split=yes,margin=2mm, align=right] \dorecurse{3}{ \dorecurse{3}{ \NC Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adip iscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. }% <<< no data here \AR } \stoptabulate \page \starttabulate[|p|p|p|l|][width=\textwidth, split=yes,margin=2mm, align=right] \dorecurse{3}{ \dorecurse{3}{ \NC Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adip iscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. }\NC\recurselevel %%%%%%%% <<< add data here \AR } \stoptabulate \stoptext --->8